Tonight will begin healing together: Biden, Harris pay tribute to Americans who died of COVID-19 ANI | Updated: Jan 20, 2021 06:53 IST
Washington [US], January 20 (ANI): US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Tuesday (local time) paid tribute to the thousands of lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic at a memorial held by the reflecting pool at the Lincoln Memorial at the National Mall in Washington. To heal, we must remember, the President-elect said. It is hard sometimes to remember, but that is how we heal. It is important to do that as a nation. That is why we are here today. Between sundown and dusk, let us shine the lights in the darkness along this sacred pool of reflection and remember all that we have lost.
US President Joe Biden to rejoin Paris Agreement in first step on climate action
Soon after his inauguration, Biden is expected to issue an executive order to begin rejoining the 2015 climate pact, reversing a decision by climate-change skeptic Donald Trump
Reuters | January 20, 2021 | Updated 14:45 IST
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As Joe Biden leads the United States back into the Paris Agreement on climate change, after taking office Wednesday, diplomats and green groups will breathe a collective sigh of relief - before urging him to step up cuts to U.S. emissions. Soon after his inauguration, Biden is expected to issue an executive order to begin rejoining the 2015 climate pact, reversing a decision by climate-change skeptic Donald Trump.
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Joe Biden returns to Washington DC, to be sworn in as 46th US President today
Joe Biden is set to swear-in as the 46th President of the United States on Wednesday, with the message of unity and the enormous task of healing a bitterly divided country. Four years after he left the Beltway for his hometown in Delaware, Biden returned to Washington DC a day before his swearing-in. Before boarding a private plane for Joint Air Force Base Andrews on his way to Washington DC, Biden said, âI am honoured to be your next President and Commander in Chief. I will always be a proud son of the state of Delaware.
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): With a promise to 'heal' America, which in recent months witnessed a chaotic election and messy transition of power, Joseph R Biden will take the oath to become the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday.
What are US President-Elect Joe Biden s LGBT+ policy plans?
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Last Updated: Jan 19, 2021, 07:08 PM IST
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The former vice president has promised to appoint a cabinet that looks like America , nominating former rival for the Democratic presidential candidacy Pete Buttigieg as the first openly gay cabinet secretary, at the Transportation Department.
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Jamal Brown, a spokesman for Biden s transition team, said the president-elect was committed to advancing the most pro-equality agenda in history .
Joe Biden takes office as U.S. president on Wednesday with a long list of LGBT+ policy pledges - from scrapping Donald Trump s ban on transgender military recruits to passing an anti-discrimination law.